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Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-30
Had Tried That.

II see, = he observed to his foung friend
from the east, that tits now the proper
thing to carry around o cork in your vest
pocket and place It In your ear when You
meet bore. =
ssAwzactly, but shall never, never try
il again It was cork that sent me into
this general decline"
aHow do you means''
'sWhy, fathah was talking to me and I
corked my ear, and he drove the cork into
my brain with slap Of his landau.
We've probed, but it's no use. - etroit
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20
GENERAL.

JOHN DILLON, the Irish leader, has just
begun suits for 60 900 damages against two
police inspectors for malicious prosecution
and arrest and s1.O00 damages for seizure
of documents at Loughrea, Ireland.
THE carriage of the Infanta Isabella, sis
ter of the late King of Spain, broke down in
the Prado forest, near Madrid, recently, and
for time it was rumored that she had been
kidnapped.
THE State Line steamer. State of Ala
bama, which recently left Glasgow for New
York, has been signalled off Fasthet, having
broken down and returned under sail. Tugs
had gone TO her assistance.
GOVERNOR TORRES, of Sonora, Mex, was
confined to his room a short time ago with
smallpox and fears were entertained for his
life.
LORD IDDEsLEIGH, better known as Sir
Stafford Northcote, eX-Premier of Great
Britain and recently cabinet minister, died
suddenly on the 18th.
AT a monastery in the vicinity of Mar
bonnie, France, the other day, a dozen
brigands presented a revolver at the head
of the father superior. Not losing his pres
ence of ind he sprang to rope near by
and rang the chapel bell. The monks hur-
riedly rushed in in response to the alarm,
and short conflict resulted in the flight of
the brigands, who fired volley before they
decampcd, by which three monks were Sc
verely wounded.
THE steamer Celtic Monarch was aband-
oned at sea a short time ago. The crew and
passengers were saved.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20
THE LATEST.

THE Democratic caucus held at Sacra-
mento, Cal, on the 14th to nominate a Sen
Iator resulted in the election of George
Hearst on the first ballot.
TIE English Government has lately de-
cided to purchase 10000 additional horses
and 100000 Mannlicher repeating rifles, to
be ready March l.
A RECENT telegram said that the strike
at Newport News had been settled and the
troops had returned to Richmond.
THE New York World recently published
seven columns of the improper disbursement
of over g. 000, 600 by the presidents of the
MON Pacific railroad.
On the 18th two attempts were made to
damage the Suffer street cable road i'll San
Francisco. In the first attempt dynamite
cartridge was placed on the track which
completely wrecked dummy No. "a, and
shattered the windows of the houses in the
immediate vicinity. The second attempt,
which happened an hour after the first, did
not do any damage.
| A TREMENDOUS explosion recently took
Springfield, O.
| CHOLERA was reported epidemic in the
Argentine Republic a short time ago and
hundreds were dying daily.
| A CHICAGO telegram said short time ago
that Spies, the anarchist, would be married
lin Jail soon to Miss Eva Van ZaLdu-
| A PRAIRIE fire recently destroyed 5000
acres of pasture and several thousand sheep
near Taylor, Tex.
| THE Senate on the 18th occupied the day
| in discussing the Interstate Commerce bill
and finally agreed to the conference report
by large majority. The House passed the
day in considering Senate bills upon the
calendar, and in the evening passed twenty
four pension bills
A RECENT telegram said that heavy snow
storms had stopped traffic in New York.
REV. JoH,I PATTERSON, Presbyterian, at
Cambridge, Wis, recently cut his throat,
caused by mental alteration.
| THREE Cinnamon were lately burned to
death in a hotel in Salem, Ore.
| THE Chatham express to New York was
lately reported stuck in a snowdrift at CO.
have to remain there indefinitely, as it
would have to be dug out with shovels.
| THE Governor of Herat was recently
summoned to Cabool to answer charges of
secretly favoring Russia, and fomenting q
hatred of England among the Afghan peo-
iFle If found guilty he will be sentenced
to death.
THOMAS j. CLUvERIUs was hanged at
Richmond, Va, recently for the murder of
Lillian Madison
| BIsMARCK's army measure was defeated in
the German Reichstag on the 14th and he
Immediately read an imperial message dis
solving the chamber and fixing February
p for the holding Of general elections for
the new Reichstag.
| TEXAS was recently reporte suffering
from the most severe drouth ever expe-
rienced there.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20
ThE ARCHBISHOP'S VIEWS.
Being Asked How He Stands With the
Henry George Movement, He Writes an
Answer.

Being Asked How He Stands With the
Henry George Movement, He Writes an
Answer.
CINCINNATI Jan. 12-Archbishop Elder,
being asked as to the truth of the report of
the Catholic Church and the Knights of
Labor being united in opposition to the
Henry Gorge movement, wrote an answer,
OF which the following is the substance:
The sensational article about the Catholic
Church, the Knights of Labor and Henry
George has no foundation. The Archbishop
took part in the conference Of Bishops held
in Baltimore last October, and the whole
result was published the next day. The
rest Of the. article is wholly gratuitOus.
The idea that the Catholics are
afraid Mr.. George is going to de-
stroy the church is enough OF itself TO
show the mental caliber of whoever eX-
pressed it, and the assertion that the church
is scheming to use the Knights of Labor
for the suppression of Mr.. George or Tor
any other purpose is simply gratuitous
invention thrown out to make sensation.
AS regards Mr.. George and his theories,
there is not little dispute as to what are
really his doctrines, and there is great
deal as to what would be the practical re-
suits of his theories. If he really denies
that individuals can rightly and justly hold
the ownership of the land, then his doctrine
is false, contrary to the teachings and to
the law of God and to the best interests of
the laboring men themselves.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20
Decision i'm a Poker Case.

SH5EvEPoRE La, jan 13---The circuit
courG of appeals, Judge A b. George dis
sent.ng, affirmed the decision of the Judge
of the district court in the case of Ben
Landman VS.. Nathan Meyer. This is the
case in which Meyer lost heavily at poker
and borrowed chips from Landman at the
close of the game to the amount Of 1866 to
liouidate part of his Indebtedness with the
banker of the game When Landmann
called on Meyer for the amount loaned he
refused to pay, on account of its being
gambling debt. The evidence went to show
the chips were borrowed afterthe game had
closed, and when the settlement was being
made between the banker and the players
The suit was decided in Landmarks faycS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20
The California senatorship.

SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 12.-Keretofore the
United States Senatorship fight in California
has been largely a matter of speculation.
with the odds greatly in favor Of ex-senator
George Hearst. the mining millionaire. and
the rival of Tabor. of Colorado. in the brev-
ity OF his Senatorial career, and the expos
ure of his iliiteracy and general unftness
for public life. Now 1t may be stated on
the best authority that Hearst's fight has
been successful. and that by his wealth and
promises OF political place he has won over
a majority of the Democrats in both houses
Of the Legislature. This has not been ac-
comRlished without a hard struggle, as
much opposition has been developed since
the meeting of the Legislature. The Demo
Gratis have a clear majority OF ten on joint
ballot, hence, the only danger lies in radi-
ical Gisaffection, which would lead that
many Democrats to vote with the Repub-
Leans. This is not reasonable conjecture
and no one anticipates such a result.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20
STOCK lens.

1lAe cattle and horsesscn the ranges OF
Butte and Lawrence Counties, Oak, rer-
eeseHe one OF the largest Interests in tbs
Hack Hills There are ID, 9S5 head in these
two s0unties, representing over s., $4,000.
At reasonable prices the New West wiz
this year absorb the improved breeds O.;
live stock in large numbers during 1880
Low prices and dry cornstalks are among
the causes working towards the, scrubs
earlg extermination.-Lite-.St Stock Indicator.
Mot many cattle being Eull fed in this
section OF county. Hogsmostly marketed.
Stock generally healthy. Corn and hay
scare and high "a price. Winter wheat all
right Yet; not Elach snow last fall writes
MFR. T. A Hatfield, of Valley Falls, Kan, to
the Lave Stock Ls4icaiOr.
The presence az any thoroughbred COW in
herd has q most remarkable effect upon
the owner. She is the first one he concerns.
himself about when the herd is looked up.
She gets all the petting and extra bites of
grass. The wife sets that coVVss milk sepa-
rate to use "a the family, and when the cow
has . new calf everybody goes out To look
81 IL. Such COW has a refining influences
in q family, and every farmer should have
one in his herd.--aDles,iedn A17'icitlturi>t.
The State Veterinarian of Nebraska gives
his experiments with Pasteur's hog chol-
era inOculation: "On November >. 1885. /
inoculated twenty-si'l pigs. varying in age
from five to six months, at the college
farm, with what is called the first vaccine,
and with the second vaccine ten DAYS later.
The inoculated animals were exposed to
the ravageS of the disease in 1anuaFy.
With what result is we'll known. The ami
mails succumbed to the disease perhaps a
little quicker than if they had never been
inoculated.''
For the past week or two the daily press
mas been circulating alarming reports Of
some strange and deadly disease among the
did not notice it, for we knew it could not
be plelIro- pneumonia, and prepared TO wait
until the facts were fully ascertained. 1t
now turns out, upon an examination by
Prof. Stalker, that it is a disease of the
spinal column, similar to that of spinal
meningitis in the human race. and some
times in horses; a disease mostly fatal and
not contagious. There is doubtless a local
cause, although up to the present writing
that has not been northumberland Home
stead
Some OF the statements made of late by
breeders and spectators in Holstein cattle
are ridiculous in the extreme and ausong
sensible cattlemen serve moro TO raise sus-
picions that this stock can not beotrusted tc
stand on its own merits than they do TO
boom the breed. There is now too much
intelligence abroad TO clam that 00-pound
Holsteins, giving three or four pailsfupof
milk a day, do not require nearly as much
food as the small breeds OF but little more d
than half the weight, and yielding far less
Of product. 1t is charitable to suppose that
the men who make such statements believe
them, but ii is too much to ask other peo-
pie 10. The truth is good enough.-4Eaihs
Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20
DAKOTA.
The Territory Continuing Its Effort to be
Admitted Il State.


FARGO, Oak, Jan. 1.-THE Executive
Committee put in charge of the State of Da-
kota has been in session the past few days,
trying to devise means to keep the infant
alive. The demand is made by the most
active supporters OF the scheme that Gov
ernor Mellette shall at once issue proc
lamation declaring the State State and
convene the Legislature to enact laws and
provide ways and means. They remind the
Governor of his own declaration last month
that 1.-The way to become State is to be-
come q State" and demand that those in
charge shall give place to others If they
have not the nerve to go forward. The
committee is arranging for campaign in
the south in favor of operating the State
The popular heart must be fired, they think,
before they can have assurance that the
people Will stand by them in their attempt
to operate State outside of the Union. If
Congress should seem inclined 10 pass the
Springer bill there will be no attempt 10 ex-
ercise the functions of a State, as the lead
ers would prefer to remain outside Of the
Union Indefinitely than to have all Of Dakota
come in as one State, and they know the
people OF Dakota win accept that or any
other measure that insures Statehood
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20
rae EXPRESS aoeeesv.
The Mortgage On Mrs Tletrock's House
Raised by the Adams Expre~s Csunpany

KANSAS CIxY, Mo, Jan 12-Wittrock
the chivalrous express rob1eF. has been an
interesting study 60 psychologists When
his arrest revealed the fact that the Cum
ming Listers had not been written to shield
an acc0mplice but 20 clear an innocent man,
the public while condemning ms rashness
applauded his generosity. The romance
surrounding his criminal career was height
ened when II became known that the incen-
live of the robbery had been u desire to re
Heve his mothers home from q mort g &c
This statement made by Wittrock: and the
additional one that before he would disclose
the Ehereabo1ts OF the money
proyf ION must he made Tor pay
ing OF the incumberance on his
mott .er's property were implicitly believed,
the public having come 10 share the opinion
OF The detectives that Wittrock was as
honest man as ever robbed u traiE. That
this confidence was not misplaced is shown
by the developments. Nessrs. Jarvis,
CoDkhn O. Co. OF this city. who held the
mortgage ON Mrs wittrock's place, Mon
day received a draft for $l,S21, the full
amount OF the incumbrance. The history
OF the transaction forms an interesting
chapter OF the crime The day after the
recovery OF the money from Mrs. W lit
rocks house Pinkerton placed 81, 500 in hank
to her credit 20 be used in paying OF
the mortgage. Mrs. Wittrock wrote to
she had the money in bank and asking the
amount OF their claim. The mortgage was
originally for p, $40, but the accrued inter
est and taxes amounted to 1921. Mrs. Witt
rock, on receiving reply, Wrote to the ex-
press company and the additional sum was
placed to her credit. In order that the money
might not be used for any other purpose, the
first deposit was taken up and draft for the
full amount made out payable to the order of
Mrs. Eliza F. Wittrock. On the back OF the
draft, which was dated January s, was the
Endorsement, PAY to the order of Jarvis,
Conklin & Co., for the release of a certain
mortgage on my property on Miami street
in Leavenworth." The Endorsement was
signed Mrs. Eliza +. Wittrock' in a mas
culine hand and below the name was writ
ten again by Mrs. Wittrock. The first sig
nature was probably written by an officer
of the express company. In any event the
draft was ironclsd and could be used for NO
other purpose than the one intended. This
closes so far as Wlttrock is concerned the
most remarkable criminal case on record.
Although it was at the expense of q term in
the penitentiary, Wittrock has accomplished
what he started out to do.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20
Notes.

Potatoes are scarce at 21E cents pound %
Helena, Mont
Montana cattle are reported in fine cordi-
ton
Any resident of Nevada who is fortunate
enough to be the owner Of three cows, two
calves and a bob-tail bull is set down IL the
California newspapers as a ''cattle king"
No part Of the West appears so free from
animal disease this winter as Dakota. Cat
tie, hogs and sheep are IN good condition
generally.
Turkeys and guineas should not be al
lowed to roost in the tree-tops, or the re-
suit will be roup, which Is contagious. all
the fowls sf the barn-yard beiyg subject
to it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20
THE SOUTH.

a RECENT special from Alexandria, La,
an old negro named Washington. He was
shot and his house fired. The negro's body
was burned to crisp. He had the reputa-
ton of being dishonest.
THERE was a moderate earthquake at
Charleston, S. c., about = 80 p. M, on the
10TH 1t was sharp enough to be generally
felt but the vibrations were not severe and
lasted but a few seconds.
A RECENT Osylka, Miss, special said that
Ike Brumfield, colored, was hanged by an
unknown mob. The negro, it was stated,
resided across the State line in Louisiana,
but was brought across the line and
lynched. The cause of the hanging was
unknown.
THE steamer D. L. Talley, of Mobile,
struck snag the other day ten miles above
Demopolis, Ala, on the Tozlbigbee river,
and sunk in six feet of water. There was a
possibility of raising her. She was valued
at $4,000.
Two HUNDRED hands under a military
guard were put to work at Newport News,
Va, a short time ago, but twenty of them
quit during the day. General Wickham
has refused to arbitrate. The men are
quiet.
Two men were struck by an express train
and killed recently as they were crossing
the railroad near Charleston, w. Va.
JAMES j. JACKSON, Chief Justice of Geor-
gia, died on the 18th.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20

BRAKEMAN WELLS, charged with the re-
sponsibility for the recent terrible wreck at
Rio, Wis, has been arraigned and pleaded
not e4ilty. His counsel will try 70 FIX the
responsibility on the conductor.
IN the Republican caucus held at Spring
field, ILL.,, Farwen was nominated for United
States Senator to succeed General Logan
The Democrats nominated Morrison.
A CHINAMAN at Yakima, W. T., recently
blew up two of his countrymen with dynar
mite cartridge
THE position of Queen of the Gypsies in
the United States was recently given to the
sister of the dead queen, Miss Lucy Stanley,
who lived near Evansville, Ind.
THE jury in the Hamilton case reported
on the afternoon of the 18th that they were
unable to agree and were discharged by
the Iadge. They announced that they stood
seven for conviction and five for acquIttal.
AT the Second Baptist Church at Adrian,
Mich, q short time ago Susan Brown, col
ored, was seized with religious excitement
and sprang to her feet shouting "Glory,
hallelujah!' and the next instant dropped
dead.
A MCRDERoUs ARRAY took place recently
in II Chicago Chinese laundry between two
Cclestials. One shot at the other but
missed him and then beat him oyer the head
with a revolver till he was unconscious.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20
POCYGAMY DOOMED.
Some of the Provisions of the Anti-Polyga-
INV Bill as II Passed the House.

my Bill as 1t Passed the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-The anti-Mormon
bill, as it passed the House yesterday, by
the adoption of the Tucker substitute for
the Edmunds Senate bill, makes the law
full husband and wife of any person prose-
cuted for bigamy, pOlygamy or unlawful
cohabitation a competent witness against
the accused, and further provides for the
registration OF all marriages. making it q
misdemeanor for any person to violate the
provisions relative to such registration. 1t
annuls all Territorial laws providing for
the Identification of the votes of electors at
any election, and also all laws comforting
on the Territorial courts the power to de-
termine divorce cases and abolishes woman
suffrage in the Territory of Utah. Penal
ties are subscribed for unlawful intercourse
and polygamy is defined as marriage be-
tween one person of one sex and more
than one person of another sex, and
is declared to be felony. The financial
corportlon known as the Church of Latter
Day Saints, and the Perpetual Emigration
Fund Company are dissolved, and the At
torney General is directed to wind them up
by process OF court, and all laws for the or
ganiZation of the militia of the Territory
and the creation of the Nauvoo legion are
annulled. Polygamists are made ineligible
to vote and test oath is prescribed to all
persons desiring to vote that they will obey
the laws of the United States. and especially
the laws in respect TO the crimes defined in
this and the original Edmunds act The
bill provides for the immediate appointment
by the President of all judges and select
men of the county and probate courts, and
by the Governor of all justices Of the peace.
sheriffs, constables and other county and
district officers. The bill as amended by
the adoption of the substitute will ROW be
transmitted to the Senate 70, the action of
hot bod